Saturday, October 10, 2009

Advantages of writing with FOCUS PHRASE process

“What will you set down in order to host hope?”

This was the prompt sent out through my daily inspirational phrase mailing.

Several people use that mailing as their own personal FOCUS PHRASE.Sometimes I’m lucky enough to have them share it with me.Two people today did and I’ve asked their permission to share their focus writing withyou… here we go!

First, from Jennifer Nace (used her with her permission):

"Set down in order to host hope", or hoist hope? When days are burdened already it can feel like I need to hoist hope, knowing that it is too precious and important to leave behind, yet it has attached to it so many demands of its own. It demands you also carry determination, joy and patience. It bickers incessantly with guilt and worry. It wants to be carried on the hip of self esteem, even if that is your weak side. Oh, and all the while it pleads for you to sing and dance as you travel!

As though child I will hoist hope and carry it on my journey of the day; because like the weight of a child, though not easily lifted, that extra company lightens the load of the worldly and blesses each step I take.

From Caara Chantral, a diligent DAILY FOCUS PHRASE-er…(printed here with her kind permission)